EP0204474A1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum kontrollierten Richtbohren - Google Patents

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EP0204474A1
EP0204474A1 EP86303938A EP86303938A EP0204474A1 EP 0204474 A1 EP0204474 A1 EP 0204474A1 EP 86303938 A EP86303938 A EP 86303938A EP 86303938 A EP86303938 A EP 86303938A EP 0204474 A1 EP0204474 A1 EP 0204474A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/18—Drilling by liquid or gas jets, with or without entrained pellets
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/04—Directional drilling
    • E21B7/06—Deflecting the direction of boreholes
    • E21B7/065—Deflecting the direction of boreholes using oriented fluid jets

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  • whipstock tool which is cooperatively arranged for drilling a reduced diameter pilot hole in a desired lateral direction and inclination from the original borehole course.
  • wh i p st o ck tools necessitates removal of the drill string to install a special whipstock guide and a reduced size drill bit in the borehole.
  • Special measuring devices are then employed to position the whipstock as required for drilling the pilot hole in a given direction.
  • a "big eye” drill bit which has one of its several fluid nozzles enlarged and arranged to discharge a jet of the drilling mud in a selected lateral direction.
  • rotation of the drill string is temporarily discontinued.
  • the drill string is manipulated so as to position the big eye bit with its enlarged nozzle facing in the direction in which the borehole is to be subsequently deviated.
  • the mud pumps of the drilling rig are then operated so that a concentrated jet of the circulating drilling mud is forcibly discharged against the adjacent borehole wall surface so as to progressively erode away or carve out a cavity on that side of the borehole.
  • U.S. Patent Nos. 3,593,810 and 4,307,786 respectively depict two directional drilling tools which are each selectively energized as rotation of the drill string carries a wall contacting member into momentary contact with the lower wall of an inclined borehole interval.
  • the tool described in the first of these two patents is cooperatively arranged so that as the drill string is rotated, the periodic contact of the actuating member with the borehole wall is effective to selectively extend a laterally movable guiding member on the tool and thereby continuously urge the drill bit in a given lateral direction.
  • the tool described in the second of these two patents is provided with a source of pressured fluid.
  • the pressured fluid is repetitively emitted from a selected nozzle in a conventional drill bit so as to continuously direct the pressured fluid against only a selected circumferential portion of the borehole.
  • continued operation of this prior art tool will be effective for progressively diverting the drill bit toward that portion of the borehole wall.
  • these two prior art tools are wholly dependent upon their respective actuating members being able to contact the borehole wall above the drill bit. Thus, should there be portions of the borehole wall which are so washed out that they cannot be contacted when these actuating members are fully extended, these particular tools will be incapable of operating properly in that borehole interval.
  • the objects of the present invention are further attained by providing new and improved directional drilling apparatus adapted to be coupled to rotatable earth-boring apparatus and dependently suspended in a borehole from a tubular drill string having a drilling fluid circulating therein.
  • Means including two or more fluid passages in the earth-boring apparatus are cooperatively arranged for discharging angularly spaced streams of the drilling
  • the various bodies 19-22 are cooperatively arranged for respectively enclosing data-signalling means 23, direction measuring means 24 and direction controlling means 25.
  • the tubular body 20 may also be arranged for enclosing typical condition-measuring means 26 for measuring such conditions as electrical or radioactivity properties of the adjacent earth formations, the temperature of the drilling mud in the borehole 15 as well as one or more operating conditions such as weight-on-bit and the torque in a selected portion of the drill string 11.
  • typical condition-measuring means 26 for measuring such conditions as electrical or radioactivity properties of the adjacent earth formations, the temperature of the drilling mud in the borehole 15 as well as one or more operating conditions such as weight-on-bit and the torque in a selected portion of the drill string 11.
  • the drill bit 14 is a typical rotary drill bit having a plurality of cutting members such as conical cutters 28-30, rotatably journalled in a sturdy body 31.
  • the upper portion of the bit body 31 is cooperatively threaded, as at 32, for threaded engagement with complementary threads 33 on the lower end of the tool body 22.
  • the bit body 31 includes flow-dividing means 34 such as three fluid passages 35-37 cooperatively arranged for dividing the drilling mud 17 flowing through the drill string 11 and evenly distributing these divided mud streams so as to flow between the bit cones 28-30 to cool and fluid into the adjacent portions of the borehole to clear away formation materials from the borehole surfaces as the earth-boring apparatus is rotated.
  • the new and improved apparatus of the present invention further includes direction-measuring means and fluid-control means operable upon rotation of the earth-boring apparatus for sequentially discharging each of these fluid streams only into selected sectors of the borehole so as to selectively control the direction of advancement of the earth-boring apparatus as required for deviating the borehole in a selected direction.
  • the fluid-control means are selectively operated so that continued rotation of the earth-boring apparatus will be effective for sequentially discharging the several streams of drilling fluid into all adjacent sectors of the borehole for excavating the borehole along a generally straight course.
  • the fluid-control means are selectively operated so that, as the earth-boring apparatus continues to rotate, these several fluid streams will be sequentially discharged into only a selected adjacent sector of the borehole.
  • FIG. 1 a new and improved directional drilling tool 10 arranged in accordance with the principles of the present invention is depicted dependently suspended from the lower end of a tubular drill string 11 typically comprised of one or more drill collars, as at 12, and multiple joints of drill pipe as at 13.
  • Rotatable earth-boring apparatus such as a typical drill bit 14 is coupled to the lower end of the directional drilling tool 10 and operatively arranged for excavating a borehole 15 through various subsurface earth formations, as at 16, in response to rotation of the drill string 11.
  • a substantial volume of a suitable drilling fluid or a so-called "mud” is continuously pumped downwardly through the tubular drill string (as shown by the arrow 17).
  • the mud 17 is subsequently discharged from multiple fluid passages (not seen in FIG. 1) in the drill bit 14 for cooling the bit as well as for carrying formation materials removed by the bit to the surface as the drilling mud is returned upwardly (as shown by the arrow 18) by way of the annular space in the borehole 15 outside of the drill- string.
  • the directional drilling tool of the present invention is preferably arranged to include a plurality of tubular bodies, as at 19-22. lubricate the bit as well as to flush away loosened formation materials which might otherwise collect between these cutting members.
  • the flow-dividing means 34 further include a multi-ported member 38 having three angularly distributed partitions 40-42 dependently secured thereto.
  • the member 38 and the partitions 40-42 are sealingly mounted within the axial bore 43 of the bit body 31 and cooperatively arranged for defining therein separated chambers or individual fluid passages 44-46 serving as upper extensions of their associated fluid passages 35-37 of the bit 14 which, by means of three uniformly-spaced ports 47-49 in the member 38, respectively communicate the bit passages with the upper portion of the axial bore 43.
  • the fluid-directing means 27 further include a fluid-diverting member 50 having an axially aligned shaft 51 rotatably journalled in the tool body 22 by one or more bearings (not illustrated). As will be subsequently described with reference to FIG. 3, the fluid-diverting member 50 is cooperatively arranged for rotation in a transverse plane cutting the lower end of the tool body 22 and lying immediately above the multi-ported member 38 when this tool body is coupled to the bit 14.
  • the rotatable diverter 50 is preferably configured so that at least one of the three fluid ports 47, 48 or 49 will be substantially blocked in any given angular position of the diverter.
  • the diverter 50 is arranged as a circular member having a segmental flow-obstructing portion 52 which subtends an arc of 240 degrees (i.e., twice the angular spacing of the equally spaced fluid ports 47-49) and a flow-directing portion such as an arcuate opening 53 which subtends an arc of 120 degrees (i.e., equal to the angular, spacing between the ports 47-49).
  • the divided fluid streams 54 and 55 exiting at that moment from the bit passages 35 and 36 will be directed only into that sector of the borehole 1 5 which is at that time immediately adjacent to that side of the drill bit. Accordingly, unless the drill bit 14 is rotating at that particular moment, the continued discharge of the fluid streams, as at 54 and 55, into this sector of the borehole 15 will ultimately be effective for eroding away the adjacent borehole surface.
  • the diverter 50 is adapted so that it can be selectively positioned as required for communicating the flowing drilling mud, as at 17 . with any given one or two of the three fluid ports 47-49.
  • the fluid diverter 50 can be selectively positioned as desired to cooperatively direct streams of drilling mud, such as those shown at 54 and 55, into any given sector of the borehole 15. All that is necessary is to rotate the diverter 50 to the angular position in relation to the drill bit 14 that is required for correspondingly discharging one or two streams of drilling mud into the selected borehole sector.
  • the new and improved directional drilling tool 10 for selectively directing the advancement of earth boring apparatus, such as the drill bit 14, along a desired course of excavation.
  • the new and improved directional drilling tool 10 may be arranged as depicted somewhat schematically in FIG. 3.
  • the stream of drilling mud, as at 17, flowing through the drill string 11 (FIG. 1) serves as an effective medium for transmitting acoustic signals to the surface at the speed of sound in that particular drilling mud.
  • the data-signalling means 23 preferably include an acoustic signaler 57 such as one of those described,- for example, in U.S.
  • Patent Nos. 3,309,565 and 3,764,970 for transmitting either frequency-modulated or phase-encoded data signals to the surface by way of the flowing mud stream as at 17.
  • the signaler 57 includes a fixed stator 58 operatively associated with a rotatable rotor 59 for producing acoustic signals of the desired character.
  • This rotor 59 is rotatively driven by means such as a typical motor 60 operatively controlled by way of a suitable motor-control circuitry as at 61.
  • the data-signalling means 23 further include a typical turbine-driven hydraulic pump 62 which utilizes the flowing mud stream, as at 17, for supplying hydraulic fluid as required for driving the signaler motor 60 as well as a motor-driven generator 63 supplying power to the several electrical components of the directional-drilling tool 10.
  • a typical turbine-driven hydraulic pump 62 which utilizes the flowing mud stream, as at 17, for supplying hydraulic fluid as required for driving the signaler motor 60 as well as a motor-driven generator 63 supplying power to the several electrical components of the directional-drilling tool 10.
  • the direction-measuring means 24 include means such as a typical triaxial magnetometer 64 cooperatively arranged for providing electrical output signals representative of the angular positions of the directional drilling tool relative to a fixed, known reference such as the magnetic north pole of the earth.
  • the direction-measuring means 24 further include means such as a typical triaxial accelerometer 65 that is cooperatively arranged for providing electrical output signals that are representative of the inclination of the tool with respect to the vertical.
  • the output signals of these two direction-measuring devices 64 and 65 are operatively coupled to the data-acquisition and motor control circuitry 61 as required for cooperatively driving the acoustic signaler motor 60.
  • the output signals of the condition-measuring means 26 may also be coupled to the data-acquisition and motor-control circuitry 61 for transmitting data signals representative of these measured conditions to the surface.
  • a suitable pressure-responsive signal detector 66 is cooperatively arranged in a conduit 67 coupled between the discharge side of the mud pump (not illustrated) and the surface end of the drill string 11 (FIG. 1) for detecting the cyclic pressure variations developed by the acoustic signaler in the flowing mud stream 17 passing through the conduit.
  • suitable signal-decoding and processing circuitry 68 is coupled to the signal detector 66 and adapted to convert the data conveyed by the acoustic signals in the mud stream 17 to a signal form which is appropriate for driving a typical signal recorder 69.
  • the signal recorder 69 is appropriately arranged for recording the data measurements carried by the acoustic signals as a function of the depth of the drill bit 14.
  • the principal object of the present invention is to employ the new and improved directional. drilling tool 10 for selectively directing the advancement of earth ⁇ boring apparatus, such as the drill bit 14, along a desired course of excavation.
  • the direction-measuring means 24 are cooperatively arranged for producing output control signals which are representative of the spatial position of the directional control tool 10 in the borehole 15.
  • the output signals of the magnetometer 64 and the accelerometer 65 are respectively correlated with appropriate reference signals, as at 70 and 71, and combined by circuitry 72 for providing output control signals which are representative of the azimuthal position and inclination of the directional drilling tool 10 in the borehole 15.
  • the output tool position signals produced by the circuitry 72 are operatively coupled by means of typical summing-and-integrating circuitry 73 to a typical hydraulic or electrical driver 75 which is coupled to the shaft 51 and arranged for selectively driving the diverter 50 at various rotational speeds.
  • the direction controlling means 25 further include a rotary-position transducer 76 operatively arranged for providing output signals that are representative of the rotational speed of the fluid diverter 50 as well as its angular position in relation to the tool body 22 and the drill bit 140 As is common, feedback signals from the transducer 76 are coupled to the circuitry 73 for controlling the driver 75.
  • the output signals from the transducer 76 are also coupled to the data-acquisition and motor-control circuitry 61 for providing output signals at the surface representative of the rotational speed and the angular position of the fluid diverter 50 in relation to the body 22 of the new and improved directional-drilling tool 10.
  • a reference signal source as at 77, is cooperatively arranged to be selectively coupled to the servo driver 75
  • the control device 78 could be chosen to be responsive to predetermined changes in the flow rate of the drilling mud 17 in the drill string 11.
  • the directional-controlling means 25 could be readily changed from one operational mode to another desired mode by simply controlling the mud pumps (not depicted) as required to momentarily increase or decrease the flow rate of the drilling mud 17 which is then circulating in the drill string 11 to some predetermined higher or lower flow rate.
  • the control device 78 could just as well be chosen to be actuated in response to predetermined levels or variations in the weight-on-bit measurements in the drill string 11.
  • an alternative remotely-actuated device 78 could be one that would be responsive to the passage of slugs of a radioactive tracer fluid in the drilling mud stream 17. Still other means for selectively actuating the control device 78 will, of course, be apparent to.. those skilled in the art.
  • the motor 75 is operated for selectively rotating the fluid diverter 50 in the direction indicated by the arrow 79 (FIG. 2).
  • the rotational direction 79 of the diverter 50 is preferably counter to the rotational direction 56 of the drill bit 14.
  • ithe direction controlling means 25 are operated so that the fluid diverter 50 will be counter rotated at substantially the same rotational speed of the drill bit. As schematically illustrated in FIGS.
  • the circulating mud 17 will be sequentially discharged from the rotating drill bit 14 either as dual fluid streams (as at 54 and 55) or as a single fluid stream (as at 81), with each of these . fluid streams being sequentially discharged only into the immediately-adjacent borehole sector 82.
  • the sequential discharge of these dual fluid streams (as at 54 and 55) and the single fluid streams (as at 81) will repetitively direct these several streams across only those borehole surfaces lying in that particular sector 82 of the borehole 15.
  • the rotational speed of the drill bit 14 will be continuously varying during a typical drilling operation as the bit successively meets greater or less opposition to its further progress.
  • the operation of the direction-controlling means 25 is better directed toward retaining the fluid diverter 50 in a fixed relative position in the borehole 15 than it is to maintain equal rotational speeds of the drill bit 14 and diverter.
  • the output signals of the magnetometer 64 and the rotary-position-transducer 76 will, of course, provide the necessary control signals for maintaining the diverter 50 in a given angular relationship with respect to the borehole 15 and within the limits established by the azimuth reference signals 70.
  • the fluid diverter 50 would tend to vacillate or waver back and forth on opposite sides of a given position as the direction controlling means 25 operate for positioning the diverter in a given angular position.
  • the diverter 50 instead of the diverter 50 precisely remaining in the same angular position as shown in the idealized situation portrayed in FIGS. 4-A to 4-C, the diverter will ordinarily shift back and forth on opposite sides of the line 80 within a limited span of movement.
  • the several fluid streams, as at 54, 55 and 81 will still be sequentially discharged into the selected 'borehole sector 82 for accomplishing the objects of the present invention.
  • the direction-controlling means 25 are further arranged so that, when desired, further diversion of the drill bit 14 can be selectively discontinued so that the drill bit will thereafter advance along a generally straight-line course of excavation.
  • the remotely-actuated control device 78 is actuated (such as, for example, by effecting a momentary change in the speed of the mud pumps at the surface) to cause the driving motor 75 to function as necessary to rotate the diverter 50 at a nonsynchronous speed in relation to the rotational speed of the drill bit 14.
  • the same operation of the direction-controlling means 25 can be realized by cooperatively operating the driving motor 75 so as to selectively advance and retard the rotational position of the diverter 50 with respect to the borehole 15. If the limits of such advancement and retardation are set sufficiently far apart, the net result will be simply swing the flow-diverting opening 53 back and forth over a sufficiently-large span of travel that the several fluid streams (as at 84-86) will be selectively emitted into most, if not all, adjacent sectors of the borehole 15. It should also be considered that this alternate advancement and retardation of the fluid diverter 50 will be similar to the back and forth movement of the diverter as depicted in FIGS. 5-A to 5-C except that the limits of movement will be much greater than the relatively narrow limits illustrated there so that the sequentially emitted fluid streams (as at 54, 55 and 81) will essentially traverse the full circumference of the borehole 15.
  • the surface recorder 69 will permit the operator to monitor the operation of the new-and improved drilling control tool 10. Moreover, by virtue of the directional-controlling means 25, the operator can also be aware of the position of the fluid diverter 50 and select the operational mode of the tool 10. as the borehole 15 is being drilled as well as subsequently change its operational mode by simply actuating the remotely-actuated control device 78.
  • condition-responsive device 78 is actuated from the surface in a suitable manner for moving the diverter 50 to a selected angular position in relation to the borehole. As previously described in relation to FIGS. 4-A to 4-C, this is ideally accomplished by rotating the diverter 50 counter to and at the same rotational speed as the drill bit 14. The actuation of the control device 78 will be effective, therefore, for thereafter sequentially discharging the several streams of drilling mud (as at 54, 55 and 81) into only .one selected sector (as at 82) of the borehole 15.
  • the direction-measuring means 24 will provide sufficient data measurements at the surface for the operator to monitor the spatial position of the new and improved directional drilling tool 10 in the borehole 15 as well as reliably control the further advancement of the drill bit 14.
  • the condition-responsive device 78 is again actuated from the surface as required to begin driving the fluid diverter 50 at a nonsynchronousl speed so that the drill bit will thereafter continue drilling the borehole 15 along a generally- straight course of excavation as was previously described by reference to FIGS. 6-A to 6-C.
  • the present invention has provided new and improved methods and apparatus for guiding well- boring apparatus such as a typical drill bit as it progressively excavates one or more discrete intervals of a borehole.
  • well- boring apparatus coupled thereto can be reliably advanced in any selected direction during the course of a drilling operation without requiring the removal of the drill string or the use of special apparatus to make corrective course adjustments for the -new and improved directional-drilling tool of the present invention to reach a desired remote location.

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